A comprehensive monograph chronicling the phenomenal rise of CryptoPunks - one of the world-s first and most sought-after crypto collectibles and trailblazer for digital art and web3 culture.
CryptoPunks: Free to Claim explores the meteoric rise of a pre-eminent NFT collectible: what began as an experiment in digital ownership has become the catalyst for a digital art movement and a dynamic subculture synonymous with a new age of the internet.
Minted on the Ethereum blockchain in 2017, the CryptoPunks - 10,000 uniquely generated pixel characters - have produced more than $2.3 billion in cumulative sales and entered the permanent collections of major institutions including LACMA and Centre Pompidou, meanwhile fostering a passionate and decentralized online community.
All 10,000 CryptoPunks are presented in a special 400+ page catalogue raisonn-ithin this book, with a comprehensive listing including Punk, number, type, colors, attributes and image h
